One of the most powerful of all our passions is the desire to be admired and respected.
BERTRAND RUSSELLLove is wise, hatred is foolish.
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The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation.
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Mathematics, rightly viewed, possesses not only truth but supreme beauty – a beauty cold and austere.
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Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.
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Philosophy, from the earliest times, has made greater claims, and achieved fewer results, than any other branch of learning.
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Your writing is never as good as you hoped, but never as bad as you feared.
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Men are born ignorant, not stupid; they are made stupid by education.
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Science is what you know, philosophy is what you don’t know.
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Whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities.
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It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searching for evidence that could support this.
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Do not feel envious of the happiness of those who live in a fool’s paradise, for only a fool will think that it is happiness.
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Remember your humanity, and forget the rest.
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I believe in using words, not fists. I believe in my outrage knowing people are living in boxes on the street. I believe in honesty. I believe in a good time. I believe in good food. I believe in sex.
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Conquer the world by intelligence, and not merely by being slavishly subdued by the terror that comes from it.
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The good life is inspired by love and guided by knowledge.
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To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization, and at present, very few people have reached this level.
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